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Where does “inflecting” come from?

inflecting (English) comes from English inflect, from Latin īnflectō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inflecting (English): present participle of inflect

Definitions

  1. present participle of inflect

Ancestry of “inflecting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinflectTo cause to curve inwards; To change the tone or...
2Latinīnflectō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inflecting”

  • noninflecting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →